Selling points
• BEAUTIFULLY BILINGUAL: All Kind of Things, Todo tipo de cosas features over 200 images with associated words written in both English and Spanish.
• MAJOR ADAPTATION: This word book is the English adaptation of Gervais’ Des trucs comme ci, des trucs comme ça, which received a special mention at the 2022 BolognaRagazzi Awards at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
• LIVING LEGEND: Author-illustrator Bernadette Gervais has more than
100 picture book credits to her name over the last 20 years.
• UNIQUE CONNECTIONS: The categorization of images and their associated words in this book offers a truly distinct perspective for young readers to learn language.
• BOLD IMAGERY: Gervais’ signature stencil and brushing styles are on full display, offering up nearly 200 colorful, striking images for kids to feast their eyes upon.
All Kinds ofThings
Todo tipo de cosas
Text and illustrations:
Bernadette Gervais
Hardcover
56 pages
Width: 9.5”
Height: 13”
Ages: 2 to 5 Grade: P-3
Publication date: November 19, 2024
Full-color illustrations throughout
ISBN: 9781990252365
Price: US$21.99 CAN$24.99
Non-fiction, Kids novelty
Distributed in the US by Abrams and in Canada by Manda Group
A colorful, eye-catching word book — written in both English and Spanish — showing us how everyday things are connected in unique ways.
What do a watering can, a shoe, and a saltshaker have in common?
Other titles by this creator
The Ladybug (Bernadette GervaisLaurence King Publishing 2017) Out of Sight (Francesco Pittau, Bernadette Gervais - Chronicle Books, 2010)
What about a kangaroo, popcorn, and a spring? From the mind of award-winning author/illustrator Bernadette Gervais, discover the answers to these questions, and learn about other similarly interesting connections, in Stuff/Cosas. Arranging animals, objects, and other items in a fashion at times humorous and poetic, this picture book — written in both English and Spanish — organizes our world in a unique way, bringing together more than 200 large, magnificent images created with stencils and brushes. Marvel at how much more things have in common than you might’ve thought!
Bernadette Gervais is a highly regarded author and illustrator, credited with the creation of over 100 hildren’s books. Born in Brussels, she studied fine arts at École des Beaux-Arts in Mons, where she began crafting her diverse range of illustration techniques, such as
stenciling and engraving. Gervais is a winner of the 2020 Pépite d’or from the Montreuil Children’s Book Fair and received a special mention for her work at the 2022 BolognaRagazzi Awards.
